The Penn's Grove record., 1887-05-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK

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gravel train at Dallas, Texas, on the
killed and four others were badly in.
jured.
"A fearful explosion occurred in the
Victoria Coal Company-s mine No. /,
at Nanaimo, on the eastern shore of
Vancouver Island, on the evening of
the Sd. 1t is believed that one humid
red and fifty men were in the mine at
the time. AT midnight, twelve men
badly burned had been rescued, and
several dead bodies found, when the
%Tescuers, after losing one of their num-
Der by ~suffocation, had to give up
further attempts.
Rev. Charles w. Ward, the minis
ter OF Englewood, New Jersey charged
with attempting to murder his wife,
was found dead in the house of his
counsel, Judge Drew, at Rockland
Lake, New York, on the afternoon of
the 4th. sit is supposed he took an
overdose of Choral" as an empty
bottle, which had contained that drug,
lay beside him.
Governor Ross, of Texas, has writ
ten a letter saying he cannot attend the
Prohibition Convention of that State,
to be held in Dallas. He says he will
vote against the proposed prohibition
amendment, as opposed to the spirit of
free institutions. He considers the
present laws adequate to protect pub
lie liberty and private rights. He con-
trasts Texas morally and materially
with Maine, where prohibition has
long been obtained. Texas has more
churches, spends more money on edu-
cation, has more wealth according to
population, has fewer divorces. fewer
labor strikes, and fewer paupers than
Maine.
"A terrific thunder storm, with
heavy hail and hurricane wind, passed
over the Allegheny Mountains, in east
ern Somerset and western Bedford
counties on the evening of the 4th,
between 7 and s O'Clock. Trees were
torn up by the roots, the hailstones
were ''as large as eggs" and a barn
was demolished by lightning. Great
damage was done by a wind storm in
the upper peninsula Of Michigan on
the afternoon of the I'd. Trees and
telegraph poles were leveled, chimneys
blown down and buildings unrooled
and demolished. At one place a man
was killed by a falling tree.
The Comptroller of the Currency
on the 9Th authorized the following,
among other, banks to begin business:
The Peoples National Bank of New
Brunswick, New Jersey, capital $780,
900; the Fort Dearborn National Bank
of Chicago, capital $500, 900; the First
National Bank of Decatur, Alabama,
capital S100, 600.
While six colored boys, aged from
10 to II years, were preparing to cross
the river at Wilmington, North Caro-
lima, on the morning of the 9th, on a
bird shooting expedition, a gun which
was not known to be loaded aCcidently
went off. Two Of the boys were killed
and two mortally wounded; the latter
died soon after. Another boy was
severely wounded, but is expected to
recover. Rev. Robert Smith and his
three SONS were dangerously burned by
a powder explosion in a coal mine in
Dawson, Illinois, on the evening of the
Sd.
In Quebec. on the 9th, Editor Ma
guire, OF the Mercury, was sentenced
TO six months imprisonment and 500
fine for libelling Mayor LangelIer and
his brother. Mcguire charged them
with having received a large sum of
money from a contractor for securing
a contract for city work.
AT Tionesta, Pennsylvania, on the
evening of the 4th, the house of Jacob
Wagner was entered by five robbers,
who forced Mrs. Wagner ito tell where
the money was" Wagner and his son
appeared on the scene and one of the
robbers was killed, whereupon the
others fed. Antonio Gatz, aged 26
years, was stabbed to death by two
unknown men on n of the streets of
Hazleton, Pennsylvania, at l O'Clock
on the morning OF the 9TH.
"A number of adobe dwellings in
Sabinal, about forty miles south of
Albuquerque, New Mexico, were de-
stroyed by the earthquake on the after
noon of the Sd, but no lives were lost.
1t is reported from Ell Paso, Texas,
that, beside the great shock of the Sd
at 3 10 P. NJ, four others have been
felt, one of them at half-past six O'Clock
on the evening of the Gath, being very
distinct.
The supposed volcano in the Whet.
stone Mountains of Arizona has turned
out to be a large wood fire built by
MeXicans.
"A violent thunder storm broke
over Buffalo at 2 o'clock on the morn
ing of the 9th. Two dwellings and a
church steeple were struck by lightning
and a barn was consumed Telegrams
from various parts of Southern and
Central New York and Northern
Pennsylvania report violent thunder
storms ON the 9th. Much property was
destroyed and several persons were
killed by lightning.
In Cincinnati, on the 9th, John Nj.
Lewis, col0red, who had been a trusted
letter carrier for twelve years, was
detected IN stealing two dollars which
had been placed in a decoy letter. lie
confessed his guilt, and was bound over
for an examination.
While Jonn A. keiger was super
intending work at his qua.ries near
Bridgeport, Montgomery county,
Penna., on the morning of the 9th, he
fell from a ledge and suffered a concus-
sion of the brain, which caused his
death in half an hour. He was a town
Councilman of Bridgeport.
Colonel W. II. Bolton, ex-superin-
tendent of second-class matter in the
Chicago Pest-oHice, convicted of en-
bezzling about S25, 600, was on the 9th,
sentenced TO four years IN the penl-
Tertiary.
AT Guaymas, Mexico, on the morn
ing of the 9th, Colonel Arvizer, Lieu
tenant Gutierrez and Louis Rencon
we're shot dead in accordance with the
sentence of court-martial. A few
weeks ago they crossed the American
line with a squad of soldiers and at
tempted to release a mar held in custo-
by the local officers.
Nine tenement houses in Allie |
gheny City, Pa. were burned on the
morning of the 9th, and sixty persons
rendered homeless. Loss, $4,000.
The wood and brush on Cleye noun
tam, in the Catskills, caught fire within
three hundred feet of the Hotel Kaa- |